Spreadsheet Models for Managers

Getting Access to Spreadsheet Models for Managers

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Notice that we declare the size
of the answerArray to be 9x1 (9 rows by one column). We could
have combined both Dim statements into one, and we probably would
in the Visual Basic Editor. But these Web pages are narrow.

The basic question is the first bullet above. We know that
as we move across the columns of the input, we move down the
rows of the output, but we move down in blocks of three. The
first column of the input maps to the top three cells of the
output. So the formula must look something like (j - 1)* 3. We
add the i term because moving down one row in the input moves
down one row in the output.

The value of a function macro increases with frequency of use, the
complexity of the calculation it performs, and the area of the result it returns. As you examine
the computations you perform routinely in your work, make note of those computations that meet
these criteria. Before committing yourself to writing a macro to carry out one those
computations, try various methods for implementing it using standard built-in worksheet
functions. That effort might clarify for you the kernel of the computation that benefits most
from a macro-based approach.